diff --git a/lua-macros.changes b/lua-macros.changes
index 7283f75..05499ab 100644
--- a/lua-macros.changes
+++ b/lua-macros.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Oct 10 10:56:01 UTC 2025 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@cepl.eu>
+
+- Make %{lua_noarchdir} work even without lua-devel installed.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Oct  9 22:44:04 UTC 2025 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@cepl.eu>
 
diff --git a/macros.lua b/macros.lua
index 5c23f1f..7d19cad 100644
--- a/macros.lua
+++ b/macros.lua
@@ -8,7 +8,15 @@
 %lua_archdir %(pkgconf --variable=INSTALL_CMOD lua)
 
 # pure Lua modules should go here
+local f = io.popen("pkgconf --variable=INSTALL_LMOD lua")
+local output = f:read("*a")
+f:close()
+
+if output:len() == 0 then
+%lua_noarchdir %{_datadir}/lua/%{lua_version}/luacheck/
+else
 %lua_noarchdir %(pkgconf --variable=INSTALL_LMOD lua)
+end
 
 # lua includes folder
 %lua_incdir %(pkgconf --variable=includedir lua)